Postgraduate Reading Guide

As part of our commitment to support sociologists, we have compiled a list of books which should prove useful for people undertaking or considering a postgraduate course.  If you have any suggestions to add to the Guide, then please e-mail details to Donna Willis.

Title	Author	RRP
A Woman´s Guide to Doctoral Studies	Leonard, Diana	£18.99
Authoring a PhD: How to Plan, Draft, Write & Finish a Doctoral Thesis	Dunleavy, Patrick	£16.99
Developing Effective Research Proposals	Punch, Keith F	£19.99
Doctoral Examination Process, The	Tinkler, Penny	£20.99
Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination	Hart, Chris	£19.99
Doing a Literature Search: A Comprehensive Guide for the Social Sciences	Hart, Chris	£20.99
Doing Postgraduate Research	Potter, Stephen	£19.99
Essential Guide to Doing Research, The	O´Leary, Zina	£20.99
Good Research Guide, The	Denscombe, Martyn	£18.99
Ground Rules for Good Research: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers	Denscombe, Martyn	£17.99
How to Manage your Postgraduate Course	Becker, Lucinda	£12.99
How to Survive your Viva: Defending a Thesis in an Oral Examination	Murray, Rowena	£18.99
How to Write a Thesis	Murray, Rowena	£18.99
Learning from Research	Bell, Judith	£17.99
The Postgraduate Research Handbook: Succeed with Your MA, MPhil, EdD and PhD	Wisker, Gina	£18.99
The Student´s Guide to Research Ethics	Oliver, Paul	£17.99
Successful Research Careers: A Practical Guide	Delamont, Sara	£65.00
Surviving your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process	Rudestam, Kjell Erik	£31.00
The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research	Rugg, Gordon	£18.99
Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation: A Step-by-Step Guide	Glatthorn, Allan A	£23.00
Writing your Thesis	Oliver, Paul	£17.99
Your Research Project: A Step-by-Step Guide for the First-Time Researcher	Walliman, Nicholas S R	£20.99

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